Nine more days, give or take, before Benjamin Button hits the stores. I pre-ordered my DVD on Amazon.com -- fingers crossed that it will arrive on time or a little early.
This week, I planned to rent flicks which featured both Brad Pitt and selected Benjamin Button cast members. I already own Babel, which featured Cate Blanchett and Ellie Fanning as his wife and daughter, respectively; kinda weird that Cate and Ellie were Benjamin's Daisy at different ages. I also have Burn After Reading, co-starring Tilda Swinton. More than anything, BAR proves Pitt and Swinton's versatility; the idea of dim bulb Chad going up against icicle through the eye Katie is all kinds of wrong. The Benjamin/Elizabeth romance, on the other hand, was touching and deliciously naughty.
Legends of the Fall and Snatch were possible rentals. In Legends, Julia Ormond was Susanna, the object of the Ludlow men's affection; in BB, she was Caroline, Benjamin's daughter. And in Snatch, Jason Flemyng was Darren, one of barefisted boxer Mickey's buds -- he rocked one helluva mullet in that flick; in BB, he was Benjamin's absent father, Thomas. Fight Club and Se7en, showcasing David Fincher's direction, were possibilities, but I just rented FC and could really get sucked into it again and Se7en is very difficult to watch. Although the death didn't happen onscreen, Fincher did a too good of a job drawing a mind picture of how that poor prostitute went out.
5 7 6 seems out of the question because of time constraints. BB may arrive early; I just got another MST3K box set; and I have babysitting duties next weekend. An energetic 2 year old who apparently likes musicals like Hairspray. I thought about renting a High School Musical, but I don't want to pull that little girl into a cult that could get expensive for her mother down the line. More than likely, I'll bring my Hairspray DVD, but I'm hoping that lil girl will run herself silly around the house. She's a good little girl, but her energy is just insane.
CBS Sunday Morning nearly derailed me. The show featured a segment about photographer Walker Evans' personal postcard collection. I literally heard Alexandre Desplat's Postcards in my head; that piece of music was in my favorite scene of the whole movie. But I will continue to not listen to the soundtrack. I want to stay intellectually pure until I have the DVD in hand.
I know that I sound like a Trekkie or an overzealous freak fan, but I've been indecisive when it comes to selecting a favorite film. Benjamin Button snuck up on me and is not letting go.
May 5th can't come too quickly.
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